Secondary English Language Development Aide

Secondary English Language Development Aide

An English Language Development (ELD) Aide provides individualized adult support to a student or group of students under the direction of a certified ESL teacher and general supervision of the building principal and program supervisor of ELD. An ELD Aide provides language support services, facilitating student access to educational materials across multiple disciplines. An ELD Aide exhibits strong interpersonal and communication skills and creates a responsive and productive working relationship with students, teachers, and other staff through clear and concise communication. An ELD Aide encourages initiative and a sense of responsibility for learning in multilingual learners.

Responsibilities

• Assist instructional personnel in the implementation of individual educational plans for students identified as multilingual learners.
• Tutor individuals and small groups of students to reinforce and follow up learning activities.
• Provide instructional push-in and pull-out intervention support.
• Assist students in the development of appropriate cultural/social behaviors.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of a learning environment appropriate to the special instructional requirements of students
• Provide an empathetic understanding of cultural experiences to assist students with bilingual/ bicultural needs.
• Use inquiry, varied types of questions, and probes to elicit student responses at various cognitive levels.
• Provide time and attention equitably among all students while circulating freely and spontaneously around the classroom.
• Reflect an attitude that values diversity and put effort toward increasing cultural competency.
• Employ strategies that motivate, encourage and promote high performance in all students.
• Exhibit aide/student interactions that reflect politeness, warmth, praise, and cooperation.
• Perform duties assigned by the ESL teacher(s), or ELD supervisor in accordance with board policy.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED
• PA Department of Education Form 6004: Arrest/Conviction Report and Certification - Act 24
• PA State Police Criminal History Clearance - Act 34
• Federal Criminal History Clearance - Act 114
• Child Abuse Clearance - Act 151
• Sexual Misconduct/Abuse Disclosure Release - Act 168
• Tuberculosis Test/Physical

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About ESS

As leaders in the education staffing space since 2000, ESS specializes in placing qualified staff in daily, long-term, and permanent K-12 school district positions including substitute teachers, paraprofessionals, and other school support staff. Over the last 23 years, we have innovated education staffing to provide dynamic solutions to school districts and professional opportunities to passionate educators. Our team serves over 5 million students with a pool of 92,000 substitute and permanent employees throughout 34 states. Internally, the ESS team is comprised of 650 individuals with a passion for education working together to ensure our 900 partner districts experience valuable education every day.

We provide our employees with the ability to work in school districts across the country in addition to benefits, comprehensive training, flexible work schedules, and professional development.

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